Have you?

[Ashraful Haque]

Normally we use 'have you' in sentences to express doubt. For example:
You haven't done your homework, have you?

But for some reason the following doesn't sound right to me:
"You haven't been injured before, have you?"

(I said this to a guy who doesn't warm up before working out.)
Please help me clear it up.

 

[teechar]

Why did you say that to him? What were you trying to convey, express or ask about?

 

[Tarheel]

Ash: You haven't been injured before, have you?
Ben: I don't know what you mean. I'm not injured now.

 

[Yankee]

Normally we use 'have you' in sentences to express doubt "Normally"? I don't agree. Depends on the way in which it's expressed. I believe it is more frequently used to request confirmation or assurance.
For example:
You haven't done your homework, have you?
But for some reason the following doesn't sound right to me:
"You haven't been injured before, have you?"

(I said this to a guy who doesn't warm up before working out.)
Please help me clear it up.

My shot.

 

[emsr2d2]

Normally we use 'have you' in sentences to express doubt. For example:
You haven't done your homework, have you?

But for some reason the following doesn't sound right to me:
"You haven't been injured before, have you?"

(I said this to a guy who doesn't warm up before working out.)
Please help me clear it up.

I would say that neither "You haven't done your homework, have you?" nor "You haven't been injured before, have you?" express doubt. I would say that the speaker in both cases is fairly certain that the opening statement is true and they are simply asking for confirmation.

(Cross-posted with Yankee)

 

[teechar]

They can express doubt, given the right context. Can we please wait for the OP to respond before posting comments?

 

[Ashraful Haque]

Sorry for not providing enough information.

A foreigner was working out without warming up and with poor form. Since I was injured about 2 years ago for the same mistakes, I though I'd warn him.
I walked up to him and in a bold tone I said:

"You haven't been injured before, have you?"

Sorry I wrote 'have you' expresses doubt, I meant to say 'asking for confirmation'.

 

[Tarheel]

Sorry for not providing enough information.

A foreigner was working out without warming up and with poor form. Since I was injured about 2 years ago because of doing the same thing, I thought I'd warn him.
I walked up to him and in a bold tone I said:

"You haven't been injured before, have you?"

Sorry I wrote 'have you' expresses doubt. I meant to say 'asking for confirmation'.

I would never expect anybody to say that, but if they did I might give the response you saw in my post (#3).

 

[teechar]

Sorry for not providing enough information.

A foreigner was working out without warming up and with poor form. Since I was injured about two years ago for the same mistakes, I thought I'd warn him.
I walked up to him and in a bold tone I said:

"You haven't been injured before, have you?"

Sorry I wrote 'have you' expresses doubt; I meant to say 'asking for confirmation'.

I still don't see why you said that. I'll try to guess.

Scenario 1:
A: You haven't been injured before, have you?
B: No.
A: OK, you can continue your exercises.

Scenario 2:
A: You haven't been injured before, have you?
B: No.
A: Well, you're at risk of being injured if you continue doing that!

Scenario 3:
A: You haven't been injured before, have you?
B: No.
A: The way you're exercising makes it look that way.

Scenario 4: ?

 

[Ashraful Haque]

I still don't see why you said that. I'll try to guess.

Scenario 1:
A: You haven't been injured before, have you?
B: No.
A: OK, you can continue your exercises.

Scenario 2:
A: You haven't been injured before, have you?
B: No.
A: Well, you're at risk of being injured if you continue doing that!

Scenario 3:
A: You haven't been injured before, have you?
B: No.
A: The way you're exercising makes it look that way.

Scenario 4: ?

2 is what I had planned to say to be honest but unfortunately his answer was yes, so I had to change the topic to how, when etc.
So did I use 'have you' correctly?

The URL I've provided contains a clip from a movie, it says- "You haven't changed at all, have you?"
Please help me understand when and how to use it.

https://www.getyarn.io/yarn-clip/720583f0-13e3-4aa4-8401-c3f90d933b6d

 

[emsr2d2]

If you're looking at someone and comparing how they used to look to how they look now, you're not expressing doubt when you say "You haven't changed at all, have you?" You're simply making a statement and asking/expecting them to agree. It's more like clarification. The "have you?" tag can be used in different ways (as can other tag questions).

Let's watch Star Wars tonight. You haven't seen it, have you?
This could mean one of two things: "I'm pretty sure you haven't seen it but could you please confirm one way or the other" or "I don't know if you've seen it. I'm hoping you haven't so it would be good if you could confirm that I'm right".

I've lost my keys. You haven't seen them, have you?
In this case, you're not saying that you're pretty sure the other person hasn't seen your keys. You're asking an open question. It's the same as saying "Have you seen them?"

 

[GoesStation]

2 is what I had planned to say to be honest but unfortunately his answer was yes, so I had to change the topic to how, when etc.
So did I use 'have you' correctly?

Yes, it's correct and natural.

 

[Ashraful Haque]

If you're looking at someone and comparing how they used to look to how they look now, you're not expressing doubt when you say "You haven't changed at all, have you?" You're simply making a statement and asking/expecting them to agree. It's more like clarification. The "have you?" tag can be used in different ways (as can other tag questions).

Let's watch Star Wars tonight. You haven't seen it, have you?
This could mean one of two things: "I'm pretty sure you haven't seen it but could you please confirm one way or the other" or "I don't know if you've seen it. I'm hoping you haven't so it would be good if you could confirm that I'm right".

I've lost my keys. You haven't seen them, have you?
In this case, you're not saying that you're pretty sure the other person hasn't seen your keys. You're asking an open question. It's the same as saying "Have you seen them?"

So my question was correct. When I said "You haven't been injured before, have you?" I meant I'm pretty sure you haven't been injured before otherwise you wouldn't workout like that.

 

[jutfrank]

The URL I've provided contains a clip from a movie, it says- "You haven't changed at all, have you?"
Please help me understand when and how to use it.

https://www.getyarn.io/yarn-clip/720583f0-13e3-4aa4-8401-c3f90d933b6d

From that very short clip, we can see/hear that the use of the question tag is to express disapproval at the fact that the man has not changed. The woman is effectively telling the man that he hasn't changed at all, and that she wants him to reflect on that fact.

 

[bubbha]

So my question was correct. When I said "You haven't been injured before, have you?" I meant I'm pretty sure you haven't been injured before, otherwise you wouldn't work out like that.

"workout" is a noun; the verb is "work out".

 

[Tarheel]

So my question was correct. When I said "You haven't been injured before, have you?" I meant I'm pretty sure you haven't been injured before otherwise you wouldn't workout like that.

Delete "before" and that will come close to making sense. What you want to say is something like:

I used to work out without warming up first, and I hurt myself because of that.